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<span class=large>THE FIRST BOOK OF NEPHI</span><br/> HIS REIGN AND MINISTRY
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CHAPTER 21
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Messiah shall be a light to the Gentiles and shall free the prisoners—Israel shall be gathered with power in the last days—Kings shall be their nursing fathers—Compare <a href="isa/49">Isaiah 49</a>.  Between 588 and 570 <span class='small'>B.C.</span>
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<sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 49: 1 (1-26)."><span class='smallcaps'>And</span></a> again: Hearken, O ye house of Israel, all ye that are broken off and are driven out because of the wickedness of the pastors of my people; yea, all ye that are broken off, that are scattered abroad, who are of my people, O house of Israel.  Listen, O <sup>b</sup><a href="1_ne/21/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 4; 2 Ne. 10: 21 (20-22).">isles</a>, unto me, and hearken ye people from <sup>c</sup><a href="1_ne/21/1c" mark="c" type="A" title="D&C 1: 1.">far</a>; the Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name.
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And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me;
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And said unto me: Thou art my <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Lev. 25: 55; Isa. 41: 8; D&C 93: 46 (45-46).">servant</a>, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified.
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Then I said, I have labored in <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 55: 2 (1-2).">vain</a>, I have spent my strength for naught and in vain; surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
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And now, saith the Lord—that <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/5a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 44: 24.">formed</a> me from the womb that I should be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him—though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the Lord, and my God shall be my <sup>b</sup><a href="1_ne/21/5b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Strength.">strength</a>.
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And he said: It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Twelve Tribes of.">tribes</a> of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel.  I will also give thee for a <sup>b</sup><a href="1_ne/21/6b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 5: 5; D&C 103: 9 (8-9); Abr. 2: 11 (6-11).">light</a> to the <sup>c</sup><a href="1_ne/21/6c" mark="c" type="C" title="3 Ne. 21: 11; TG Israel, Mission of.">Gentiles</a>, that thou mayest be my salvation unto the ends of the earth.
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Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nations abhorreth, to servant of rulers: Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful.
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Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time have I heard thee, O isles of the sea, and in a day of salvation have I helped thee; and I will preserve thee, and give thee <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 3: 11 (6-15); 3 Ne. 21: 11 (8-11); Morm. 8: 16 (16, 25).">my</a> servant for a covenant of the people, to establish the earth, to cause to inherit the desolate heritages;
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That thou mayest say to the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/9a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Salvation for the Dead; TG Spirits in Prison.">prisoners</a>: Go forth; to them that sit in <sup>b</sup><a href="1_ne/21/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="2 Ne. 3: 5.">darkness</a>: Show yourselves.  They shall feed in the ways, and their <sup>c</sup><a href="1_ne/21/9c" mark="c" type="A" title="Ezek. 34: 14; 1 Ne. 22: 25.">pastures</a> shall be in all high places.
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They shall not hunger nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; for he that hath mercy on them shall lead them, even by the springs of water shall he guide them.
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And I will make all my mountains a way, and my <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/11a" mark="a" type="C" title="Isa. 62: 10; D&C 133: 27 (23-32); TG Jesus Christ, Second Coming.">highways</a> shall be exalted.
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And then, O house of Israel, behold, <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/12a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 43: 5 (5-7).">these</a> shall come from far; and lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
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<sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/13a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 44: 23.">Sing</a>, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; for the feet of those who are in the east shall be established; and <sup>b</sup><a href="1_ne/21/13b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Earth, Renewal of.">break</a> forth into singing, O mountains; for they shall be smitten no more; for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his <sup>c</sup><a href="1_ne/21/13c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Sam. 22: 28; Ps. 18: 27; Isa. 49: 13.">afflicted</a>.
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But, behold, Zion hath said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me—but he will show that he hath not.
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For can a <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/15a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Woman.">woman</a> forget her sucking child, that she should not have <sup>b</sup><a href="1_ne/21/15b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ps. 103: 13.">compassion</a> on the son of her womb?  Yea, they may <sup>c</sup><a href="1_ne/21/15c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 17: 38; Isa. 41: 17 (15-17); Alma 46: 8; D&C 61: 36; D&C 133: 2.">forget</a>, yet will I not forget thee, O house of Israel.
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Behold, I have graven thee upon the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Zech. 13: 6.">palms</a> of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
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Thy children shall make haste against thy destroyers; and they that made thee <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/17a" mark="a" type="A" title="3 Ne. 21: 13 (12-20).">waste</a> shall go forth of thee.
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Lift up thine eyes round about and behold; all these <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/18a" mark="a" type="A" title="Micah 4: 11 (11-13).">gather</a> themselves together, and they shall come to thee.  And as I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on even as a bride.
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For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants; and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.
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The children whom thou shalt have, after thou hast lost the first, shall <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/20a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Gathering of.">again</a> in thine ears say: The place is too strait for me; give place to me that I may dwell.
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Then shalt thou say in thine heart: Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/21a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 54: 1; Gal. 4: 27.">desolate</a>, a captive, and removing to and fro?  And who hath brought up these?  Behold, I was left alone; these, where have they been?
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Thus saith the Lord God: Behold, I will lift up mine hand to the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/22a" mark="a" type="C" title="Isa. 66: 19 (18-20); TG Israel, Mission of.">Gentiles</a>, and set up my <sup>b</sup><a href="1_ne/21/22b" mark="b" type="A" title="Isa. 11: 12 (10-12); Isa. 18: 3; Zech. 9: 16.">standard</a> to the people; and they shall bring thy sons in their <sup>c</sup><a href="1_ne/21/22c" mark="c" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 8; 2 Ne. 10: 8 (8-9).">arms</a>, and thy daughters shall be carried upon their shoulders.
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And <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/23a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 60: 16 (14-16).">kings</a> shall be thy <sup>b</sup><a href="1_ne/21/23b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Ne. 22: 6.">nursing</a> fathers, and their queens thy nursing mothers; they shall bow down to thee with their face towards the earth, and lick up the dust of thy feet; and thou shalt know that I am the Lord; for they shall not be ashamed that <sup>c</sup><a href="1_ne/21/23c" mark="c" type="A" title="Gen. 49: 18; Prov. 27: 18; 2 Ne. 6: 13; D&C 98: 2; D&C 133: 11 (10-11, 45).">wait</a> for me.
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For shall the prey be taken from the mighty, or the <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/24a" mark="a" type="L" title="IE the covenant people of the Lord. See also v. 25; JST Isa. 49: 25 reads: “But thus saith the Lord; even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered, for the mighty God shall deliver his covenant people...”">lawful</a> captives delivered?
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But thus saith the Lord, even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
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And I will <sup>a</sup><a href="1_ne/21/26a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 14: 17 (15-17); 1 Ne. 22: 13 (13-14); 2 Ne. 6: 14 (14-18).">feed</a> them that oppress thee with their own flesh; they shall be drunken with their own blood as with sweet wine; and all flesh shall <sup>b</sup><a href="1_ne/21/26b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 26: 6; Mosiah 11: 22 (20-22).">know</a> that I, the Lord, am thy <sup>c</sup><a href="1_ne/21/26c" mark="c" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ, Savior.">Savior</a> and thy Redeemer, the <sup>d</sup><a href="1_ne/21/26d" mark="d" type="B" title="TG Jesus Christ—Jehovah.">Mighty</a> One of Jacob.
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